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The Timbermen, Inc.
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Also serving South Carolina and
Florida... Hardwood Sawmill - Planer Mill - Dry Kilns -
Wooden Pallets and Crates HISTORY The Timbermen, Inc. was founded in 1972 in Thomson, Georgia by Jim Hicks, Sr. as a timber procurement company for area sawmills and paper mills. In 1978, the company entered the wood products manufacturing industry when it purchased a pallet and crate plant from Leonard Lokey in an old cotton warehouse on Railroad Street in Thomson. Soon thereafter, the company began construction of its hardwood sawmill in nearby Warrenton, sawing its first board there in 1979. In 1984 the company purchased land and property from ITT Rayonier in Camak, Georgia at the site of ITT's old sawmill facility. The company moved its headquarters and pallet manufacturing operation to this location where it remains to this day. From our humble beginnings producing hand nailed pallets and crates for local customers, our pallet plant is now well known throughout the southeast as one of the best and largest pallet producers in the region. |
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At the Camak plant, the company also operates a lumber air drying yard, dry kilns, and a planer mill. The planer mill specializes in the production of 1x4 and 1x6 southern yellow pine lumber. Our sawmill has also made its mark as a quality producer of high grade hardwood lumber. Demand for this lumber has steadily increased over the years. The higher grades of lumber are eventually made into premium furniture, cabinets, and flooring. Most of the lumber used by the pallet plant is also manufactured here. An innovative pallet scragg mill was added in 1993. The main grade mill was rebuilt in 1995 with state of the art computer scanning and thin kerf sawing technology. A computer optimized edger was installed in 1998. The original timber procurement organization is still operating successfully. It supplies logs to our own sawmill as well as other mills in the area. The diversity of the company into all areas of the wood products industry, from timber growing to lumber sales, serves to keep it strongly competitive against some of its much larger rivals in the industry. OUR MISSION Our mission is to be the most reliable and cost effective supplier of high quality industrial wood products in the southeastern U.S. We will continually strive to be progressive and innovative so that our customers can realize the many benefits of well manufactured wood products.
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